Ruth Jones

13 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Deposit Return Schemes: Drinks

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the introduction of the Deposit Return Scheme on costs for the drinks industry.

13 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Deposit Return Schemes: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the introduction of the Deposit Return Scheme on costs for (a) businesses and (b) consumers.

13 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Packaging: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the planned implementation of (a) a deposit return scheme, (b) an extended producer responsibility scheme and (c) oth

13 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Packaging: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential cumulative impact on businesses and consumers of the planned implementation of (a) a deposit return scheme, (b) an extended pro

17 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Air Pollution: Monitoring

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Royal Society of Chemistry on the assessment and monitoring of indoor air quality.

17 Oct 2023 · Treasury

Plastic Packaging Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the Plastic Packaging Tax in raising the volume of recycled plastic used in packaging materials.

17 Oct 2023 · Treasury

Plastic Packaging Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what revenue was generated by the Plastic Packaging Tax in 2022-23.

17 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the enforcement actions undertaken by local authorities against the illegal sale of (a) plastic straws, (b) drink stirrers and (c) plastic-stem

17 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste Management

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her planned timescale is for publishing the Waste Infrastructure Roadmap; and if she will make an assessment of the level of existing waste infrastructure required to meet the Gov

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) wet wipes, (b) tampon applicators, (c) tobacco filters, (d) sachets and (e) single-use cups containing plastic were sold in England in each year since 2010.

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Electronic Cigarettes: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many disposable vaping products were sold in England in each year since 2010.

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Packaging: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an estimate of the number of non-plastic (a) disposable cups, (b) plates, (c) cutlery, (d) take-away containers and (e) balloon sticks that were sold in England in eac

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Consumer Goods

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an estimate of the number of non-plastic (a) single use straws, (b) drink stirrers and (c) cotton buds that were sold in England in each year since 2010.

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an estimate of the number of (a) disposable plastic plates and cutlery, (b) polystyrene containers, and (c) balloon sticks that were sold in England in each year since

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the number of (a) plastic straws, (b) plastic drink stirrers and (c) plastic-stemmed cotton buds sold in England in each year since 2010.

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the enforcement actions undertaken by the Environment Agency against illegal waste exports in each year since 2010.

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the quantities of waste exported in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022, broken down by receiving country.

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 5 February 2021 to Question 144990 on Plastics: Waste, whether it remains her Department's policy to issue a consultation on the ban on the export of pl

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department made of (a) residual waste excluding major mineral waste, (b) municipal residual waste, (c) residual municipal food waste per capita, (d) residual munici

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Waste Management

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Resources and Waste Strategy published in 2018 and the Environmental Improvement Plan, published in 2023, what his planned timescale is for updating (a) the 201

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate her Department has made of the annual mass of residual waste per head of population in England (a) sent to landfill, (b) put through incineration, and (c) used in

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will report annually on recycling and recovery targets for England; and when she plans to publish the next such progress report.

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the waste hierarchy set out in section 12 of the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011, what recent estimate her Department has made of the volume of waste mater

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bottles: Deposit Return Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps with her counterparts in the devolved Administrations to agree a UK-wide approach to glass bottles in deposit return schemes.

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bottles: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason a refillable glass bottle scheme was not included in her Department’s Waste Prevention Programme for England published July 2023.

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bottles: Deposit Return Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether glass bottles will be included in her Department's proposed Deposit Return Scheme.

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Packaging: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the comparative lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions per litre of container from (a) virgin glass bottles, (b) recycled glass bottles, (c) refill

19 Sep 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Fire Resistant Materials: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what evidence her Department has on the impact on health of toxic smoke inhalation generated by chemical flame retardants.

19 Sep 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Furniture: Fire Regulations

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for what reason smoke toxicity was not included in the scope of the draft Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations.

19 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to restrict the use of perfluoroalkyl and plyfluoroalkyl substances.